Arman Hall
{{short description|American sprinter}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Arman Hall
| image = Arman Hall USA relay 2013.jpg
| image_size = 160px
| caption = Hall at the 2013 World Championships
| national_team = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1994|02|12}}
| birth_place = Miami, Florida, U.S.
| residence = Gainesville, Florida
| height = 6 ft 0 in
| weight = 165 lb
| sport = Track and field
| event = 200 metres, 400 metres
| club =
| pb =
200 m: 20.30 (Tuscaloosa)
400 m: 44.82 (Eugene)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's athletics }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold |2016 Rio de Janeiro | 4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2013 Moscow|4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}
{{MedalGold |2012 Barcelona|400 m}}
{{MedalGold |2012 Barcelona|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalGold |2012 Barcelona|4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Youth Championships}}
{{MedalGold |2011 Lille|400 m}}
{{MedalGold |2011 Lille|Medley relay}}
}}
Arman "Gino" Hall (born February 12, 1994) is an American sprinter specializing in the 400 m. He is a World and Olympic gold medalist as a member of USA's 2014 and 2016 {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay teams.
He attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hall was raised in Pembroke Pines, Florida and lived with his mother, father and older brother. Hall was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by USA Today in 2011.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/track/2011-08-10-all-usa-boys-track-and-field-team_n.htm |title=All-USA high school track and field teams |newspaper=USA Today |date=August 11, 2011 }} He won the 400 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Lille Métropole, France.{{cite web |url=http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=51356-Boys-400M-Arman-Hall-USA-Victorious-World-Youth-Championships |work=RunnerSpace.com |title=Arman Hall 46.01 Boys 400 – IAAF World Youth Championships 2011 |date=July 9, 2011 }} Hall also ran the 2011 youth world-leading over 200 metres the same year.{{cite news |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/08/2306004/st-thomas-aquinas-arman-hall-wins.html |title=St. Thomas Aquinas' Arman Hall wins 400 meters at world youth championships |first=Fabian |last=Lyon |newspaper=Miami Herald |date=July 8, 2011 }}
Hall verbally committed to the University of Florida on December 5, 2011, and joined the Gators track team in the fall of 2012.{{cite news |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/06/2533381/aquinas-track-star-hall-makes.html |title=Aquinas track star Hall makes commitment to UF |date=December 6, 2011 |newspaper=Miami Herald |first=Fabian |last=Lyon }} During his collegiate career, Hall was a 3-time NCAA champion, 10-time Outdoor All-American and 7-time Indoor All-American. While at the University of Florida, Hall majored in African American studies.
During his freshman year, at just 19 years old, Hall placed 3rd at the 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 400 m. He went on to represent USA at the 2014 IAAF World Athletics Championships in the open 400 m and as part of the 4 × 400 m relay.
In 2016, he earned Olympic gold as lead-off for Team USA's {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Earlier in 2016, he won the NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships title in the 400 m.
Hall currently trains in Phoenix, Arizona.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- [https://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/?athID=97702 Arman Hall at DyeStat (ESPN)]
- [http://floridagators.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5168&path=trackfield Florida Gators bio]
- {{USATF|Arman-Hall}}
- {{Team USA|new_id=arman-hall|old_id=HA/Arman-Hall|archive=20200918140645}}
- {{Olympics.com|arman-hall}}
- {{Olympedia}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x400 m Men}}
{{Footer World Champions 4 x 400 m Men|2013}}
{{Footer World Athletics U20 Champions men's 4x400 metres}}
{{Footer IAAF World Youth Champions 400 Metres Men}}
{{Footer IAAF World Youth Champions Medley Relay Men}}
{{Footer USA Track & Field 2016 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Track and field athletes from Miami
Category:Sportspeople from Pembroke Pines, Florida
Category:American male sprinters
Category:Florida Gators men's track and field athletes
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:World Athletics Championships winners
Category:St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Florida) alumni
Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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